Results of SFB 1112-researchon the topic of "Fibroblasts from aged donors shape the morphology of reconstructed human skin towards an aged skin phenotype" were awarded with the second prize of "Hans Christian Korting-Nachwuchspreis for Dermopharmazie", a prize for young researchers, on this year's annual meeting of Gesellschaft für Dermopharmazie in Munich (March 20 - 22, 2017)

In the group of Prof. Dr. Monika Schäfer-Korting (Pharmakology and Toxikology, Institute of Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin), in vitro skin models are developed, amongst others on aged skin, in order to study and characterize skin barrier functions and penetration of drugs int skin. The long-term goal is to develop optimized therapeutic strategies for inflammatory skin diseases unsing nano-sized drug -carrier systems.